Katja Hessel

Katja Hessel
Katja Hessel in 2016
Member of the Bundestag
In office
20172025
Personal details
Born (1972-05-05) 5 May 1972
Nürnberg, West Germany
(now Germany)
Political partyFDP
Alma materUniversity of Erlangen–Nuremberg

Katja Hessel (born 5 May 1972) is a German lawyer and politician of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of Bavaria from 2017 to March 2025.

In addition to her parliamentary work, Hessel served as Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance in the coalition government of Chancellor Olaf Scholz from 2021 to 2024.